Political Quotes

“First of all, there are no funds in this bill to expand or build detention facilities. There are no funds in this bill to expand or build detention facilities. There are no funds in this bill to expand or build detention facilities. But let me get this straight, see if I have got it straight. We don't want to enhance border security to stop people from coming across the border illegally. We have got immigration courts being overrun. And we don't want to have the necessary facilities to keep those people because they can't get into the immigration courts right away. What exactly do you want us to do? Just because Congress says, Hey, I am only giving you funding for 40,000 people. What if 100,000 people come across the border illegally? What do you expect us to do? You have no answers, except: No, no, don't detain them. Just let them go? I know how we can reduce the cost of prisons in this country. Let's only appropriate enough money to house 100,000 prisoners. Regardless of the crimes they have committed or anything else, I am only going to fund 100,000. Above that, just let them go. I don't get it. I don't know where the heck we are coming from on this. All this does is put another poison pill in this bill that will make it much more difficult to pass and will ensure that the Senate will never take it up, which I doubt they will anyway. To me, I just don't understand what the heck is going on here. We all know what the answer to this shutdown is.…”